Florian Illies | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Schlitz, Hesse, West Germany |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Nationality | German |
Florian Illies (born 1971) is a German writer and art historian.
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Florian Illies "1913" - Rüdiger Safranski, Elke Heidenreich u.a. im Literaturclub (2012)
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Life
He was born and raised in the town of Schlitz in Hesse. His father was the biologist Joachim Illies, and one of his school teachers was the writer Gudrun Pausewang. He studied art history at the universities of Bonn and Oxford. He worked as culture editor for major German newspapers such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Zeit. In 2004, he cofounded the contemporary art magazine monopol with his wife Amélie von Heydebreck. In 2011, he became a partner at the Berlin-based auction house Villa Grisebach. In January 2019, he joined the Rowohlt Verlag publishing house as a managing director.
As a writer, Illies is known for his bestsellers Generation Golf (2000) and 1913: The Year Before the Storm (2012). The latter book has been translated into two dozen languages.[1]
Illies' biography about Caspar David Friedrich, Zauber der Stille, was published in 2023. It was written for Friedrich's 250th anniversary in 2024.[2]
References
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- ^ Trinks, Stefan (30 November 2023). "Ruhige Romantik? Ach was!". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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